ABC Kids Expo 2011: Nursery

Nursery

With so many pretty cribs furniture in the baby industry, it is hard to choose just one look or style.

Dutalier

They have a closed booth at the show and since I am technically and exhibitor, I can't get into their booth. Thankfully, others can and share what they have. Dutalier is showing a lot of new and stunning new nursery sets.

I love that quilt hanging on the crib--so simple and pretty.

Great colors

Petit Nest

Lovely new dresser. I want it for my room

Ubabub

I have had them on my blog before, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was when Daniel showed up right next to us at the show! He had an inspirational story too about how he and his wife started their company. He said that they felt like they weren't where they wanted to be, so they got away from the house and left their 3 girls with family while they sat down and went over their core priorities and goals. Talked about where they wanted to be in 10, 20 years and worked backward from there to make some life plans. Awesome.


I love, love the nifty. I can't wait for them to get distribution here in the US!

Million Dollar Baby

They have a lot of great products lines under the parent company. Million dollar baby, DaVinci, Nurseryworks & baby letto. The last two are my favorites of their lines, and their new products do not disappoint!
How cool. The green is a bit strong for me, but I would love it in a gray or cream!

Looks similar to the Oeuf crib, but costs a fraction at $349

Such a wide range of beautiful styles within the lines. Thank you to Eric for walking me through it all!

Dwell Studio

I thought that a lot of their new style were less juvenile that I like, or maybe I'm just not cool enough to get it, but I do think that this was a pretty new girl set. I bit Scandinavian to me.

Oilo Studio

I love the mother/daughter team behind Oilo. They are awesome. I always want to champion other Utah based companies. They have such beautiful crib sets and added a few more this year along with some layette and other great nursery products. They will be available in spring 2012.


Finally, I liked this color pallet from Argington. Pretty and fresh for a girls room.

Images courtesy of buy modern baby blog, where Esther curates some of the best information and images for all things baby. Be sure to frequent her blog and check out her site too for the coolest products and where to buy them!

Picker Sisters

Lifetime hit it with new series Picker Sisters. How I

want to jump in a truck and trek across the country
finding unique, rusty, awesome items that can be turned
into, well anything. I have been watching American Pickers
since they started, and it's good, but Picker Sisters in
inspiring. The two girls have a great eye and aesthetic, but
the real magic is their third partner, Alan, that can
weld, rewire, paint, saw, chop etc, etc to turn
their design concepts to actual finished pieces. I'm happy that the show is about creating out of the
box decor and home pieces instead of restorations.

It's perfect for today's audience and I am a fan.

(images via lifetime)

we have a new sister!

We have gone through a lot of changes at JJ Cole lately. In the
last two years JJ Cole acquired another diaper bag company
named Fleurville, JJ Cole was then acquired by a company called
RC2 that is the parent company of brands like The First Years,
Lamaze, Learning Curve and more. RC2 was acquired by a
Japanese company named Tomy earlier this year, and just
announced this week, Tomy has acquired another modern and
innovative company in the baby industry, Boon.

I am excited to be sister companies with Boon and their
amazing design team!

For Boon's full product catalog click here, or to shop, click here!

project runway season 9

In honor of project runway season 9 debuting ONE month from today(yay!),
I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the past designs.
There are a lot of really bad things that end up walking down that
runway, but instead of looking at any of those, let's focus on the good!

Some of my overall favorites.

One of my favorite episodes is the one where they use unusual materials. In the
season (season 8) they went to a party store and had to use mediums that they
could find within the store. The first and second looks are napkins, the
third is ribbon that has been twisted & braided and the third is made out
of cup cake cups.

These vampire and cowgirl inspired looks are from season 6. The challenge
was to use movie themed looks to make a runway design. I love the
theatrical-inspired look made more modern.

And of course no project runway review would be complete without
a look at the designs of Christian Siriano--best
designer to come out of the show.
His final collection was refined and looked so professional.

orla kiely for apple

I'm a sucker or Orla, and I really want one of these sleek laptop bags. My personal favorites are these more upright tote/messenger computer bags. Does her stem print ever get old? Are any of you sick of it?

I thought this would also be a good place to feature the new Jonathan Adler totes. It amazes me how he can take such simple and common products and without doing anything revolutionary in terms of function, can make something fresh and exciting by adding his design aesthetic.

so pretty